Continuously loaded transmission core Pacific cable, 1926
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Shore-end Cable Samples from the laying of the 1926 Pacific Cable, recovered from Suva Point Cable House, Fiji, in
Science Museum Group Collection
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Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Continuously Loaded Transmission Core from the Suva-Fanning Island section of the Pacific Cable of 1926 (Shore-end), made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, probably Woolwich, London, England, 1926
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- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1993-272 Pt1
- Materials:
- canvas, copper (alloy), lead (metal), metal (unknown), resin (unidentified)
- type:
- cable
- taxonomy:
-
- credit:
- Donated by S. G. Bird
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